01 Record
CVE-2008-1902
The GUI for aptlinex before 0.91 does not sufficiently warn the user of potentially dangerous actions, which allows remote attackers to remove or modify packages via an apt:// URL.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The GUI for aptlinex before 0.91 does not sufficiently warn the user of potentially dangerous actions, which allows remote attackers to remove or modify packages via an apt:// URL.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-21 22:10Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 82287db074aad5881a14a772f26485ebb6fd929249dbd0672758a7d0ae33ca46
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaptlinex-gui-security-bypass(41954)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41954
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476572